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About Anduril Industries
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds advanced hardware and software systems for national security, including autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and the Lattice AI command platform.
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Listed pay typically runs
$146,000–$194,000
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As an Automation Engineer, Manufacturing Automation, you will join the Manufacturing Automation team responsible for designing, integrating, and deploying automated manufacturing systems across factories. You will serve as a technical system owner, managing control systems from architecture and PLC/HMI development through commissioning and sustainment. Your daily work involves deploying OT server infrastructure, maintaining networking stacks using MQTT, OPC UA, and TCP/IP, and performing packet-level analysis to resolve protocol issues. You will develop and debug PLC code on Allen-Bradley or Siemens platforms while implementing defense-grade OT security practices like Purdue-model layering and server hardening. The role requires expertise in industrial Ethernet, VLANs, and integrating systems with MES and QMS platforms. This position addresses the technical challenge of building scalable production automation within a high-stakes manufacturing environment involving complex hardware integration and secure network infrastructure.